Comment by sarchertech

Nuclear weapons aren’t automated enough for one person to launch them. “The button” is generally just sending orders to other people to launch them.

The chances of all of those people escaping the country after nuking the US is close to zero. The entire country would mostly likely be completely destroyed before you could make it out. Even if you did make it out, your friends and extended family definitely won’t.

And good luck spending that money when the US is intent on hunting you down. In this scenarios your boss wasn’t safe with a nuclear deterrent, you’re definitely not.